† harryn.1
Obsolete.
The act of harrying; devastation, molestation, vexation.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation
harryingc900
harrowingc1000
wastinga1300
destructionc1330
harryc1330
wastenessa1382
wastitya1382
desolation1382
unroningnessa1400
wrackc1407
exile1436
havoc1480
hership1487
vastation1545
vastitude1545
sackc1550
population1552
waste1560
ravishment1570
riotingc1580
pull-down1588
desolating1591
degast1592
devastation1603
ravage1611
wracking1611
ravagement1766
herriment1787
carnage1848
wastage1909
enhavocking-
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 157 Ne þorgh non oþer harie to do him reise his schelde.
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Harryn.2
/ˈhari/, U.S. /ˈhɛri/ A familiar equivalent of the Christian name Henry (whence also the feminine name Harriet, originally = Henriette); used also in transferred applications, and as part of many appellatives.
I. Senses relating to the name.
1. The proper name.
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c1386 G. Chaucer Cook's Prol. 34 And ther-fore Herry Bailly by thy feith Be thou naf[t] wrooth.
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Cij The moste wyse prynce the .vij. Herry.
1648 J. Milton To H. Lawes in H. Lawes Choice Psalmes sig. av Harry, whose tunefull and well measur'd song [etc.].
2. As a generic name for:
Thesaurus »
a. A country fellow (? obsolete).
b. A young Englishman of a low-class type: cf. 'Arry n.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person
swaina1150
ladc1300
loon1535
blue coat1583
gaffer1589
snake1590
meaner1596
frock1612
groundling1630
frock-man1657
coolie1803
simple1824
yellow dog1862
Harry1874
smock-frock1898
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Harry, a country fellow.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Harry, a country man, a rude boor.
1874 All Year Round XII. 617 We have all been introduced to Harry at home..We do not style him 'Arry, as some offensively and in the worst taste do.
c. flash Harry: an ostentatious, loudly-dressed, and usually ill-mannered man; cf. flash adj.3 Also attributive.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > ill-mannered person
wild beastc1325
tyke?a1400
rudesby1566
boor1598
bosthoon1833
flash Harry1960
no-neck1961
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person > man
flash Harry1960
1960 J. Rae Custard Boys ii. xiii. 158 ‘They're just a lot of smart Alecs.’ ‘Flash Harrys,’ suggested Peter.
1960 Times 31 Oct. 16/4 He registers emotional upset by a slightly raised eyebrow, and then briskly readjusts his flash-Harry tie.
1962 Times 22 May 15/4 Her flash-Harry boy-friend.
3. plural Harrys or King Harrys: playing cards of the second quality.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > cards of specific quality
mattress1685
merry-andrews1759
highlanders1816
Harrys or King Harrys1842
Mogul1842
paper1894
1842 Bradshaw's Jrnl. 16 Apr. in Philol. Soc. Trans. (1867) 63 The best cards are called Moguls, the others Harrys and Highlanders.
1866 in Stationer & Fancy Trades Register 1 Sept. in Philol. Soc. Trans. (1867) 63 The different qualities of cards are distinguished as Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders, and Merry Andrews.
1867 Fry Playing-Card terms in Philol. Soc. Trans. (1867) 64 Harrys, so called from the device on the wrappers.
II. With qualification, Old, Lord, blind.
4. Old Harry n. A familiar name for the Devil: see also old adj. and Nick n.2 to play Old Harry with: to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]
devileOE
Beelzebubc950
the foul ghosteOE
SatanOE
warlockOE
SatanasOE
worsea1200
unwinea1225
wondc1250
quedea1275
pucka1300
serpenta1300
dragon1340
shrew1362
Apollyon1382
the god of this worldc1384
Mahoundc1400
leviathan1412
worsta1425
old enemyc1449
Ruffin1567
dismal1570
Plotcocka1578
the Wicked One1582
goodman1603
Mahu1603
foul thief1609
somebody1609
legiona1616
Lord of Flies1622
walliman1629
shaitan1638
Old Nicka1643
Nick1647
unsel?1675
old gentleman1681
old boy1692
the gentleman in black1693
deuce1694
Black Spy1699
the vicious one1713
worricow1719
Old Roger1725
Lord of the Flies1727
Simmie1728
Old Scratch1734
Old Harry1777
Old Poker1784
Auld Hornie1786
old (auld), ill thief1789
old one1790
little-good1821
Tom Walker1833
bogy1840
diabolarch1845
Old Ned1859
iniquity1899
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > cause great harm to
to play hell (with)1750
to make havoc1812
to play Old Harry with1837
to play the bear1854
to play hell and Tommy1859
to play buggery1898
to play havoc1910
1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1870) III. 54 In the north of England Old Harry is also one of the popular names of the devil.
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3)
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. viii. 167 There is none but ould Harry, as I know of, that can match ye.
1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow III. xii. 193 They've played old Harry with the rigging.
1842 R. H. Barham Merchant of Venice in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 60 Pitch Greek to old Harry, and stick to Conundrums!
1880 E. Lynn Linton Rebel of Family II. ix These evening damps and chills play Old Harry with one's bronchial tubes.
5. (See quots.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > treatment or adulteration > substances
parel1594
yeso1619
sweetsa1679
Harry1699
forcing?1734
geropiga1852
liqueur1872
gum1888
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Old Harry, a Composition used by Vintners, when they bedevil their Wines.
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Old harry, a composition used by vintners to adulterate their wines.
6. by the Lord Harry: a form of swearing; of doubtful origin.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene
loOE
spi?c1225
how mischance——?c1330
with mischance!c1330
by my hoodc1374
by my sheath1532
by the mouse-foot1550
what the (also a) goodyear1570
bread and salt1575
by Jove1575
in (good) truly1576
by these hilts1598
by the Lord Harry1693
by the pody cody1693
by jingo!1694
splutter1707
by jing!1786
I snore1790
declare1811
by the hokey1825
shiver my timbers1834
by the (great) horn spoon1842
upon my Sam1879
for goodness' sake1885
yerra1892
for the love of Mike1896
by the hokey fiddle1922
knickers1971
1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 13 By the Lord Harry `tis true.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xx. 87 Sound, Friend, in the Lord Harry's Name.
1821 Ld. Byron Epigr. Braziers' Addr. Caroline By the Lord Harry! They'll find..much more.
1890 W. Besant Demoniac xv Then, by the Lord Harry..if the Devil wins this time, you shall be the prize show of the mad-house!
7. blind Harry n. see blind adj. Compounds.
8. to box Harry: see box v.1 Phrases 3.
Compounds
C1.
a. In apposition:† harry-lion n. Obsolete ‘a horse-godmother’ (Halliwell).† harry-ruffian n. Obsolete a swaggerer.
harry-banning n. a local name of the three-spined stickleback.
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1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 235 Stickle-backs, Hackles: or Harry bannings, are naught and unwholesome.
harry-bird n. the Greater Shearwater ( Puffinus major).
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1778 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer (ed. 2) at Pembrokeshire The puffin and the harry-bird breed in holes, and commonly in those of the rabbits.
Harry Denchman n. local name of the hooded or Danish crow.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus cornix (hooded crow)
hooded crow?a1513
Royston crow1611
pied crow1648
scarecrow1676
grey crow1715
hoodie1789
Harry Denchman18..
hoodie-crow1816
bunting crow1831
Norway crow1848
saddleback1864
greyback1884
Kentish crow1893
sparrow-duck1895
18.. W. G. Waters Words not in Forby in Norfolk Archaeol. VIII. 167 Harry Denchman, the Danish crow.
Harry Dutchman n. = Harry Denchman n.
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1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 86 Hooded crow (Corvus cornix)..Harry Dutchmen.
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c1610 Christmas Prince (1922) 130 Good-wife Spiggot..her selfe staulked in the middest like a great Harry-lion (as it pleased the audience to terme it).
harry-long-legs n. the cranefly or daddy-long-legs.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly)
crane-fly1658
harry-long-legs1676
tailor1682
long legs1721
father-long-legs1742
Tipula1752
tommy-long-legs1800
Tom Tailor1800
meadow crane fly1813
jenny-spinner1817
daddy-long-legs1829
spinner-fly1848
granddaddy-long-legs1858
tipulid1893
1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 338 We have also this month a Harry-long-legs.
1781 F. Burney Jrnl. 14 Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 473 A Harry long legs..after much trial to catch, eluded me.
1851 S. Judd Margaret (1871) ii. i. 160 She has caught a harry-long-legs and holds it by one of its shanks.
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a1635 R. Corbet Elegie on Dr. Ravis in Poems (1807) 5 When I past Paules, and travell'd in that walke Where all oure Brittaine-sinners sweare and talk; Ould Harry-ruffians, bankerupts, southsayers.
b.
(a) In arbitrary appositive uses of which a few have emerged as set expressions, e.g.
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1946 Lancet 2 Feb. 177/1 Get in there, and strip off Harry Nuders.
1962 P. Purser Peregrination 22 xxii. 99 It's okay for our kind of thing but it would be Harry Grimmers for ordinary civilians.
a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) viii. 103 Get me a Harry pinkers—a large one.
1969 Guardian 14 Mar. 10/5 It's derisory, old boy, they'll turn it down harry nem-conners.
1969 Guardian 14 Mar. 10/5 Harry shambles, old boy... In the old Imperial Aircraft days..the engineer would bring the old kite down harry plonkers on the grass.
(b)
Harry Flakers n. Nautical slang exhausted.
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1962 John o' London's 14 June 571/2 ‘Harry Flakers’ to mean worn out after a party or heavy work.
Harry Flatters adj. Nautical slang (of the sea) calm.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [phrase] > not rough
Harry Flatters1941
1941 C. Graves Life Line 154 Fortunately, the sea has dropped and it is Harry Flatters. Harry Flatters means flat calm, and Harry is used as a predicate for almost any expression.
1962 John o' London's 14 June 571/2 ‘Harry Flatters’ for a flat calm sea.
Harry Freeman's n. (also Harry Frees) chiefly Nautical slang a gift; also as adj., free.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]
givec888
lakeOE
presentc1230
giftc1275
garrison1297
benefit1377
beneficec1380
givinga1382
handsela1393
donativec1430
oblation1433
propine1448
presentationc1460
don1524
sportule1538
premie?1548
first penny1557
donation1577
exhibition1579
donary1582
fairing1584
merced1589
gifture1592
meed1613
recado1615
regalo1622
regale1649
dation1656
compliment1702
dashee1705
dash1788
cadeau1808
bestowment1837
potlatch1844
prez.1919
Harry Freeman's1925
pressie1933
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 115 It's Harry Freeman's, a gift. Something gratis. (Navy.)
1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 64 Harry Frees, the name given in the Grand Fleet to the very welcome fruit and vegetables sent up as gifts by the public.
a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. ix. 32 Sort of thing the civvies in London pay fifty quid for, we get harry-freeman's.
1935 ‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas xii. 139 I don't expect to supply cigarettes Harry Freemans.
1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 58 I wuz lookin fer some Arry Freeman's, I was looking for something for nothing.
Harry James n. slang nose.
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1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 36 Plenty of dust floating about in the air, which gets..up your Harry James.
C2. attributive.
Harry groat n. a groat coined by Henry VIII; the old Harry groat, is that which bears the king's head with a long face and long hair.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4d > groat
groat1362
great1473
chekasyde1543
flag1567
gunhole groata1577
Harry groat1641
1641 S. Marmion Antiquary ii, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) XIII. 456 A piece of antiquity; sir, 'tis English coin; and if you will needs know, 'tis an old Harry groat.
1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 26 In Henry the Eighths time, (when a Harry-groat was the chiefest Silver-Coyne).
Harry noble n. a gold coin of Henry VI.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > noble or angel
noble1350
shipc1410
Harry noble1456
angel1469
rose noble1473
angel noble1488
George noble1526
gunhole angela1577
angel piecea1665
rose royal1688
1456 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1456/8 Mone of uthir cuntreis..sik as the Henry Ingliss noble.
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 80 Item, in Hari nobilis and salutis fourti and ane.
1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 345 Item, to Hannis, gunnar..a quartar of ane Harj nobill.
Harry racket n. a name of Blindman's buff.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > blind-man's-buff, etc.
hoodman-blind1565
hoodwink1574
Hob-man blind1599
blind-man's-buff1600
bob and hit1611
Harry racket1611
blind-bob1783
bond-man-blind1783
jingling match1801
pawn party1831
blind-hob1834
shadow buff1879
Blind Tom1909
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Capifou, a play..not much vnlike our Harry~racket, or Hidman-blind.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cline-mucette, the game called Hodman-blind; Harrie-racket; or, are you all hid.
Harry sovereign n. a sovereign of Henry VII or Henry VIII.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings
goldfinch1602
Harry sovereign1615
piece1631
jingle-boya1640
yellow boy1654
quid1661
marigold1663
broad-piece1678
pound piecea1715
gold penny1736
sovereign1817
dragon1827
sov1829
chip?1836
couter1846
thick 'un1848
monarch1851
James1858
skiv1858
Victoria1870
goblin1887
red one1890
Jimmy1899
quidlet1902
Jimmy O'Goblin1931
pound coin1931
1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 371 She hath old harry soveraignes..to give away on her death bed.
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harryv.
/ˈhari/, U.S. /ˈhɛri/ 1. intransitive. To make predatory raids or incursions; to commit ravages.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.)
harryc893
fordoc900
awesteeOE
westeeOE
losec950
harrowc1000
destroyc1230
wastec1275
ravishc1325
to lie waste1338
exilea1382
to-wastea1382
unronea1400
desolatea1425
vast1434
fruster?a1513
to lay waste1535
wipe1535
devast1537
depopulate1548
populate1552
forwaste1563
ruinate1564
havoc1575
scourge1576
dispopulate1588
destitute1593
ravage1602
harassa1618
devastate1638
execute1679
to make stroy of1682
to lay in ashes1711
untown1783
hell-rake1830
uncity1850
society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > invade [verb (intransitive)] > overrun or harry
harryc893
runc1275
thorough-runc1275
society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > invade [verb (transitive)] > overrun or harry
begoa855
harryc893
war1297
overridea1375
yerna1400
overrun?a1425
overharry1600
harrow1606
harassa1618
sweep1788
jay-hawk1866
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (intransitive)]
harryc893
skeckc1330
skicka1400
cry havoc1419
foray1487
raven1570
booty1580
rapine1580
pillage1593
boot-hale1598
to make boota1599
ravage1604
scummer1633
maraud1684
loot1842
raid1848
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §19 Þa Cwenas hergiað hwilum on ða Norðmen.
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. ii. §1 He wæs heriende & feohtende fiftig wintra.
a1000 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 794 (Earle) 59 Þa hæðenan on Norðhymbrum hergodon.
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1014 (Earle) 151 Hi..sceoldan..ealle ætȝædere faran and herȝian.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6986 Þurh þi lond heo ærneð & hærȝieð [c1300 Otho sleaþ þin folk] & berneð.
c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 6 They passed through the country and herried and slew wherever they came.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 86 Harrie and make havocke of all.
a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggg3v/1 Harrying for victuals.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 15 The Prussians were harrying and ravaging about Metz.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. v. 312 The Danes spread themselves over the country, harrying.
2. † b. spec. To despoil hell; as said of Jesus Christ after his death; = harrow v.2 a. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To overrun (a place or territory) with an army; to ravage by war or invasion; to lay waste, sack, pillage, spoil.
ΚΠ
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 822 He..herȝede þat lond.
c1460 Batt. Otterbourne 14 in Percy's Rel. And boldely brente Northomberlonde, And haryed many a towyn.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 280 The scottis men all cokdaill Fra end till end thai heryit [1489 Adv. heryd] haill.
1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 209 How the countrey hath been ouer runne, spoyled and heried.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 143 Italie he harried as a conquered countrey.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James II in Wks. (1711) 31 The Earl of Huntly burnt and herried all the Lands of the Earl of Murray.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 91 The Saxons with perpetual landings and invasions harryed the South Coast of Britain.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 73 One band..harried the county of Wicklow.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §1. 6 Pirate-boats were harrying the western coast of the island.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.) > hell
harryc1200
spoilc1400
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [verb (transitive)] > harrow hell
harryc1200
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom 23 For to þe time cam þat he hereȝede helle.
a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 205 [He] þuruh his holi passiun werp þene deouel adun and heriede helle.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1446 Til þat our lauerd haird [v.r. heried] hell.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3032 This helle entered Jhesu..And of alle savles there inne he heryde it.
c. To rob (birds' nests). The current word in modern Scottish.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stealing animals > [verb (transitive)] > rob nests
harry1650
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) p. xxxii I was informed, that some parichoneris..did herit craw nestes.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 162 Mony a kittywake's and lungies's nest hae I harried up amang thae very black rocks.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 75 I had come over to harry gleds' nests.
3.
a. To harass (persons) by hostile attacks, forced exactions, or rapacity; to despoil.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict
overharryeOE
aileOE
swencheOE
besetOE
traya1000
teenOE
to work (also do) (a person) woeOE
derve?c1225
grieve1297
harrya1300
noyc1300
travailc1300
to work (also do) annoyc1300
wrath14..
aggrievea1325
annoya1325
tribula1325
to hold wakenc1330
anguish1340
distrainc1374
wrap1380
strain1382
ermec1386
afflicta1393
cumbera1400
assayc1400
distressc1400
temptc1400
encumber1413
labour1437
infortune?a1439
stressa1450
trouble1489
arraya1500
constraina1500
attempt1525
misease1530
exercise1531
to hold or keep waking1533
try1539
to wring to the worse1542
pinch1548
affligec1550
trounce1551
oppress1555
inflict1566
overharl1570
strait1579
to make a martyr of1599
straiten1611
tribulatea1637
to put through the hoop(s)1919
snooter1923
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > show hostility to [verb (transitive)] > harass by hostile attacks
harrya1300
a1300 Cursor Mundi 29340 Þaa þat pouer men ouer-lais, and herijs [v.r. robbes] þam.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1179 He herȝed vp al Israel.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 40 Sum putt out of his possessioun, Sum hyrreit and on credence dynis.
1635 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 148 It is His honour His servants should not be herried and undone in His service.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 255 While they're only poin'd, and herriet.
1830 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) I. 372 Harried and undone—body and gudes!
b. To drive forth stripped of house or goods. Scottish.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from a house or dwelling
unhousec1390
harryc1550
desolate1593
dishousec1595
uncastle1611
untenant1614
uncamp1670
dishome1882
rout1950
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 106 Sic vane hope..hes gart mony of vs be hareyt furtht of house and herberye.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. viii. f. 21 Quhasa..hurtis ony vther man and hareis him out of house and harbarie.
1603 King James VI & I Speech Hampton Court in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) x. 19 I will make them conforme themselves, or else I will harrie them out of the Land, or else doe worse.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In Scotland it signifies to rob, plunder, or oppress..as—‘he harried me out of house and home’; that is, he robbed me of my goods and turned me out of doors.
4. To worry, goad, torment, harass; to maltreat, ill-use, persecute; to worry mentally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]
tawc893
ermec897
swencheOE
besetOE
bestandc1000
teenOE
baitc1175
grieve?c1225
war?c1225
noyc1300
pursuec1300
travailc1300
to work (also do) annoyc1300
tribula1325
worka1325
to hold wakenc1330
chase1340
twistc1374
wrap1380
cumbera1400
harrya1400
vexc1410
encumber1413
inquiet1413
molest?a1425
course1466
persecutec1475
trouble1489
sturt1513
hare1523
hag1525
hale1530
exercise1531
to grate on or upon1532
to hold or keep waking1533
infest1533
scourge1540
molestate1543
pinch1548
trounce1551
to shake upa1556
tire1558
moila1560
pester1566
importune1578
hunt1583
moider1587
bebait1589
commacerate1596
bepester1600
ferret1600
harsell1603
hurry1611
gall1614
betoil1622
weary1633
tribulatea1637
harass1656
dun1659
overharry1665
worry1671
haul1678
to plague the life out of1746
badger1782
hatchel1800
worry1811
bedevil1823
devil1823
victimize1830
frab1848
mither1848
to pester the life out of1848
haik1855
beplague1870
chevy1872
obsede1876
to get on ——1880
to load up with1880
tail-twist1898
hassle1901
heckle1920
snooter1923
hassle1945
to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946
to bust (a person's) chops1953
noodge1960
monster1967
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)]
tuckc888
tawc893
misbedeOE
graithc1330
to fare fair or foul with1340
misusea1382
outrayc1390
beshrewc1430
huspelc1440
misentreat1450
mistreat1453
abuse?1473
to mayne evil1481
demean1483
to put (a person) to villainya1513
harry1530
mishandle1530
touse1531
misorder1550
worrya1556
yark1565
mumble1588
buse1589
crow-tread1593
disabuse1607
maltreat1681
squeeze1691
ill-treat1794
punish1801
tousle1826
ill-use1841
razoo1890
mess1896
to play horse with1896
to bugger about1921
slug1925
to give (a person) the works1927
to kick about or around1938
mess1963
a1400–50 Alexander 4484 And othire harlotry ȝe hant þat heris þe goste.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 579/1 Why do you harye the poore felowe on this facyon?
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 214 He was haunted and harried with the horrible apparitions and spectres of Furies.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures iv. 8 Being wearied with harrying those poor bodies in such fashion, they cast them all battered to pieces into the Sea.
1764 S. Johnson Let. 22 May (1992) I. 242 That your mind should be harried..it is no wonder.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 244 Thou their tool, set on to plague..and harry me.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape
to do (a) shamec1275
afforcec1330
beforcec1375
misusea1382
oppressa1382
enforcec1386
ravisha1387
forcea1400
betravaila1425
trespass1427
supprisea1450
violatec1450
viole?c1450
stuprate?1526
devour1530
stupre1548
constuprate1550
rape1574
suppress1590
harry1591
constrain1594
abripe1623
obstuprate1658
spoil1678
to rip off1967
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xii. vi. 89 Thus in his sight, to haue his mistresse haryd.
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. C2 He harried her amidst a throng of Panders.
6. To plunder, carry off in a marauding raid (cattle, etc.). Now Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (transitive)] > carry off as loot or plunder
skeckc1325
ravisha1382
ransackc1460
ravena1513
distruss1548
harry1579
rapine1580
sack1590
harrage1655
to walk off with1727
loot1847
jay-hawk1866
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 148 The cattell being harried by the one and the other.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. ii. 352 They..harrie and drive away prises both of men and cattell.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xx. 41 Harried the wives of Greenlaw's goods.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 316 Herrying the webs and yarn of the country wives.
7. To drag. Obsolete or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > along a surface or behind
drawOE
harry1340
traila1380
traina1500
lag1530
strakec1530
entrain1568
drail1598
lurry1664
toboggan1886
schlep1911
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4305 (Harl. 6923. lf. 62) And deuylles salle harre hym up evene In the ayre.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋97.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 178 Sembled þay were, Herȝed out of vche hyrne.
c1430 Life St. Kath. xxiv. (1884) 53 Than anoon þe holy mayde was haryed forth to turment.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 227/2 Haryyn, or drawyn, trahicio.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxixv Then the corps of the sayde Bysshop wt his. ii. Seruauntys were Haryed to Thamys syde.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 579/2 He haryeth hym aboute as if he were a traytour.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. iii. §4.73 Like wild horses drawing a coach..herrying and herling their Maister at their pleasure.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Harrie, pull violently.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 17 Harrieng the virgin thence.
1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. xx. 410 ‘Th' divil's harried off his soul,’ he cried.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
† harryint.
Obsolete.
A call to a horse; = hait int.
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 221/2 Hayht, harry.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 13 Harrer, Morell! io furth, hyte! And let the plogh stand.
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Harre A voice of carters to their horses, saying, aree, gee, haight, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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